Article: ``Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' Now Amazon.com's Largest New Product Release Ever, with More Than 500,000 Copies Ordered To-Date.

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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003

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With one month remaining before its release, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)" has already surpassed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)" as Amazon.com's (Nasdaq:AMZN) largest new product release ever, with more than 500,000 copies ordered in just four months on www.amazon.com.

Amazon has received more than 875,000 orders for the book on all of its Web sites worldwide (including www.amazon.com ).

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